Gloria amp settings — Washburn Wa15
The Mineral guitar tone for “Gloria”, dialed in for a Washburn Wa15 with a Fender Jazzmaster. Studio version, The Power of Failing (1997) — heavy main riff/chorus guitar
Gibson Les Paul / Fender Telecaster + Marshall JCM800 / Fender Twin Reverb + ProCo Rat / BOSS DS-1 distortion
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Master | 6 |
01M-Vave Blackbox (Amp Model: UK 800 / High Gain)
Set as primary preamp distortion into the front of the Washburn WA15
02M-Vave Blackbox (Overdrive/Distortion Block)
Rat or Rodent style distortion model to deliver the signature wall-of-fuzz bite
The Washburn WA15 is a basic solid-state practice amp with 3-band EQ and no onboard presence or reverb, so it cannot achieve Mineral's massive tube saturation on its own. We run the WA15 clean at low gain and use your M-Vave Blackbox modeler as the main high-gain distortion engine. On a Fender Jazzmaster, roll the tone back slightly to 8 so the bridge pickup provides cutting bite without becoming piercing. Quiet verse clean-up: roll guitar volume down to 5-6 or bypass the Blackbox distortion block.
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